Apparatus for scouring and fleshing hides



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APPARATUS FOR SGOURING AND :FLESHING HIDE B. No. 292,723. Patented Jan.29 1884.

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NITED STATES PATENT O EICE.

ALBERT WHITING, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

APPARATUS FOR SCCURING AND FLESHING HIDES.

LPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 292,723, dated January29, 1884.

I Application filed April 2, 1883. (NOIlZOtlGL) T0 aZZ whom it mayconcern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT WHITIN of Rochester, Monroe county, New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forScouringandFleshing Hides; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of theapparatus. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same in linewas of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a-bottom view of the revolving platform. Fig. 4is avertical section of the same. Fig. 5 is aside elevation of theband-shifter.

My improvement relates to apparatus for scouring and fleshing hides, andis of that kind where a concave bed is used on which the hide is spread,and a revolving wheel is employed armed with scraping-springs, whichpass over and dress the hide. In ordinary machines of this class thehide is either placed in a stationary position over the bed and isworked forward andback by the hands, or else a board is used on top ofthe bed, on which the upper edge of the hide is placed, and this boardis moved endwise, or laterally of the machine, carrying the hidewith it.In some cases, also, the bed has been placed on a frame which has alateral movement in front of the scouring wheel.

In contradistinction to such devices my invention consists, essentially,in the combination of a vertically-revolving scouring-wheel armed withsprings or other toolsby which the scouring is done, a platform or diskmounted on a pivot,so that it can be turned horizontally at right anglesto the scouring-wheel, and a bed mounted on the disk, circular in plan,corresponding with the disk, and concave in vertical section, making itconcentric with the scouring-wheel, all as hereinafter described.

It also consists of subordinate parts, as will be more fully set forth.

In the drawings, A shows the main frame,

in which is located a scouring-wheel, J, situ- 'my patent of April 3,1883.

D isa carriage, movable forward and back of the bed is a circular rail,(1, forming ahandhold and a bearing, around which the edge of the hidecan be wound, as shown inthe sectional view, Fig. 2.

The main feature in my invention is thls combination of the circularrevolving platform and bed with the scouring-wheel. By this means, whenthe bed is turned, all the parts of the hide can be brought in contactwith the wheel without removing the hide from the bed or sliding itforward and back thereon. As the bed is gradually turned, a new surfaceof the. hide is presented to the scrapers, and as each part of the bedis equidistant from the wheel when brought in line therewith the actionis uniform on all parts of the hide. In ordinary machines of this classthe hide has to be moved forward and back on the bed and under thewheel, which is difficult to do, as there is friction between it and thebed, and, being flabby and yielding, it cannot be kept in properposition under the wheel. By-using the revolving platform having thesegmental bed, as before described, all these difficulties are obviated.

The platform is operated. automatically by the following means:

f is a long pulley on one end of the drivingshaft 13.

g h i are three pulleys on a counter-shaft, k, which extends inwardunder the circular platform E. The center pulley, g, is fast on theshaft, but the two side pulleys, h i, run loose.

Z and m are two bands,which connect the pulley f with the pulleys g ht.One of these bands is straight andthe other is crossed, as shown inFig. 1. The inner end of the counter-shaft 7c is provided with a pinion,2, which engages with a cog-segment, n, on the under side of theplatform. This is exhibited most clearly in the bottom view of theplatform, Fig. 3.

w is a shifter, consisting of abar which rests under the bands, and haspins between which thebands run. 0 is a rock-lever, to which the end ofthe shifter is pivoted, said rock lcver having its fulcrum at p.

r is an arm pivoted to the end of the rocklever, and extending under theplatform E, and provided with a bent end, 8.

t t are two pins or studs on the under side of the platform, which comein contact with the end 8 at the opposite strokes of the platform.

The operation is as follows: Vhen the platform turns its full extent inone direction, the pin t strikes the end of arm 0', thereby acting onthe shifter 21, through the medium of the rock-lever o, and changing thebands on the pulleys g h i, the band which was 011 the loose pulleybeing shifted to the fast pulley, and the one on the fast pulley to theotherloose pulley. \Vhen this is donc,the motion shifts by reason of thecrossed band and the platform feeds back the other way. At the extent ofthe reverse movement the same shifting action is made by the-oppositestud striking the end of the arm.

In some cases it is desirable to operate the platform by hand, in whichcase a foot-rest, r, is carried up from the pivot, as shown in Fig. i,which furnishes a stationary rest that does not interfere with themotion of the platform. This foot-restis desirable,even where theplatform is operated by machinery,in order to allow the operator tostand where he can handle and manipulate the hide on the bed.

Having described my invention, I disclaim a concave bed mounted on aframe which receives motiontransverse to the scouring-wheel.

\Vhat I claim as new is 1. In a maehinefor scouring and fleshing hides,the combination, with the vertically-revolving scouring-wheel J, of theplatform E, and bed G mounted on a pivot, b, to tnrnhorizontally, thebed being circular in plan, presenting all parts of its face to thewheel as it is turned, and concave in Vertical section, correspondingwith the curve of the wheel, so that as the wheel revolves it sweepsover thewhole vertical width of the bed to scour the hide, as hereinshown and described.

2. The combinatiomwith the revolving platform provided with thesegment-gearn, of the pinion z, the shaft k, the pulleys g h i, one fastand the others loose, the bands I m, connecting with the main pulley f,the shifter 10, the roek-lever 0, the arm 1', and the studs t 1;, allarranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with the turning platform E, of a stationaryfoot-rest, 12, extending up from the pivot 011 which the platform turns,as herein shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT \VHITIXG.

\Vitn esses:

R. F. OSGOOD, J .iCOB SPAIIN.

